Bakhtar. said. "The incident was fabricated by Western media and never occurred in Logar or any other region" of Afghanistan. Barry led a threemember team from a Parisbased organization called Bureau International Afghanistan to the village from Nov. 26 to Dec. 4. Barry said 105 Afghan civiliansmostly migrant workers and refugeeshid in the underground irrigation channel because they were afraid of the approaching Soviet and Afghan troops. To trap the hiding Afghans. the Soviets first adjusted a small dam to make the channels water rise. The Soviets then poured in an inflammable liquid "probably petrol (gasoline) of kerosene. which would float on the waters surface" and ignited It. the diplomat said. "Everyone in the underground irrigation channel was burned to death." Barry reported.
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